I know you're joking, so I won't list what I know :-) But, I did actually
spend a couple months on option #2 below (implement a Unix subsystem from
scratch on top of Mach). Obviously it was missing a LOT, but it was good
enough to run 90% of the BSD binaries sitting in /bin and /etc...

Joe Barrera wrote: > > No, real hackers grab the Free BSD tape and implement the missing
stuff > themselves. > > Or, they pick up the Mach 3 kernel and implement their own Unix
subsystem > from scratch. > > Or, they toggle in the whole OS, in one pass, designing and coding
as they > go, not needing paper and pen for notes because they have the
whole thing in > their head.

Joe,

What the heck would you know about real operating systems, look
where
you work. :-)